As the new year approaches, Arizona hospitals and healthcare professionals are gearing up for a new wave of COVID-19 patients to flood the intensive care units and emergency departments that have endured near-capacity numbers since the Delta variant took hold over the summer. Without respite from the prior wave and increased transmission...
On Tuesday, August 25, Arizona reported 2,595 new cases of COVID-19 and 38 new deaths related to COVID-19. Arizona is still behind the national average on vaccinations, with 47% of Arizonans fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The national rate is 51.7%.
This information comes from the New York Times' Tracking Coronavirus in Arizona:...
Across the country, COVID-19 cases and subsequent hospitalizations are leaving hospitals short-staffed and without enough space to care for patients. In Arizona, in both cities and rural areas, these issues are no different, compounded by winter visitors to the state and general increase in hospitalizations due to seasonal...Arizona News
As the pandemic accelerates and hospitals fill, Arizona became the first state to authorize use of Crisis Standards of Care. In response to the climbing number of confirmed cases, the Governor issued a shutdown order restricted to large gatherings and particular businesses, but has not signaled any interest in executing another...
